Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Descartes Island (USA) | 66° 47' 00.0" S | 141° 29' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 124290
Place ID: 3560
Rocky island 0.1 mi long, midway between Lagrange Island and La Conchee and 0.9 mi NNE of Cape Mousse. Charted in 1951 by the FrAE and named after Rene Descartes (1596-1650), French mathematician and philosopher. |
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| Descartes, Île (FRA) | 66° 46' 45.0" S | 141° 28' 40.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 107276
Place ID: 3560
Îlot rocheux situé entre la presqu'île de Port-Martin et le cap de la Découverte, au nord-nord-est du cap des Mousses ; nom donné en l'honneur de l'illustre mathématicien et philosophe René Descartes (1596-1650). |
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